An extensive user review for the Nanoxia Deep Silence 3
First things first.
I bought this Case with my own funds from Alternate and have no affiliation with the Nanoxia brand. This review will be mostly based on user experience with some technical specifications backed up claims. And now onto the review:
Intro and build quality.
Moving into a new room changes a lot of things that you otherwise would never think of changing. In my case (pun not intended) it had to do with the form factor of my pc case. Which I always had below my desk, but with my new desk it has to go besides it. In order for it to fit I had a maximum of 25 cm room between my desk and the wall which gave me a good opportunity to change from my old case, the Thermaltake V21 to a more classic designed case.
Though it's a noticeably bigger case, it is 12 cm slimmer, making it just 20.5 cm wide. Which works perfectly for my application.
The build quality is as good as you would expect for it's price, if not better. This case costed me 81 euro's, which makes it fall in the sub $100 category and has everything you'd need. For starters, it is HEAVY, at just above 9 kg this is no joke. Fully assembled with my system in it, it approaches the 20kg (44lbs) mark. Everything in this case is heavy, the hard drive trays, the side panels, the cables for the front I/O even the panel hiding the fan controllers opens and closes like a fridge's door. With no plastic rattle, but with a firm bang.
It has sound insulation everywhere, one of the main features and selling points of Nanoxia. Both side panels have a thick hard rubber panel. There is foam in the fan slots that act as noise dampeners if you don't put fans in. The hard drive trays have rubber feet to prevent rattling of the spinning hard disks. Even the powersupply gets it's anti tremble foam insert.
Building process
It speaks for itself that in order to mount my components inside this new case I need to disassemble my old PC first. Luckily the cubey design of the thermaltake makes it possible to dismount all side panels, including top and bottom. The downside is that it makes for a noisier pc because there are more crevices and openings.
All the components laid out, and ready to fit snugly into the new case. well not that snugly as there is room for expandability. The Nanoxia case is made for motherboards up to ATX and my current build is merely Micro-ATX.
All the components installed and good to go:
After the first test run there is noticeably less noise however cpu-temps stayed about the same, maybe a degree or 2 less.
Verdict.
I would recommend this case to anyone looking to buy a rather sober case in the sub $150 category. It comes with 3 superb case fans, 2 fan controllers for up to 6 fans, it has a lot of sound insulation and room for every type of setup you'd wish (being atx-form factor). All in all a very nicely build case, it is aesthetically pleasing and fulfills it's promises. Although case manufacturers can preach the most silent experience ever, you won't get it when you still have fans in your systems. Or if you plan on having your PC in another room and everything remote controlled.